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Daryl Wendell Barley v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-6760 · judgment December 21, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Questions presented

  1. Whether the "clear and; convincing evidence standard" should be used instead of the ?tpreponderance of evidence standard" when determining the revelant conduct in a First Step Act Reduction Motion under Sec. 404?

  2. Whether the Sixth Amendment protections for Effective Assis tance of Counsel are to be applied on the First Step Act Reduction Filings?

  3. Whether the Court should have Remanded for futher consideration of the First Step Act Sec. 401 , 851 changes, seeing that the Virginia prior used no longer qualifies today as a 851 predicate? ■i r

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daryl Wendell Barley

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 01 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 14 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)